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In reply to the discussion: Doping agency claims 'overwhelming' proof of cheating by cyclist Armstrong [View all]DotGone
(182 posts)71. You have the years backwards
He tested positive for corticosteroids in 1999 and got an inexplicable pass when a TUE was granted with a backdated doctor's note. There was no EPO test in 1999 which is why the researchers tested 1999 samples for EPO in 2005 and hence Lance's B samples came back positive. Allegedly, he tested positive for EPO in 2001 at the Tour de Suisse and he "donated" $125K to the UCI to make it go away.
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Doping agency claims 'overwhelming' proof of cheating by cyclist Armstrong [View all]
IDemo
Oct 2012
OP
Again another "rehashed scandal of doping in sports" occurring as diversion during political
glinda
Oct 2012
#17
Just ask your doctor, if you don't mind strokes, heart attack, seizures and risk of fatality
just1voice
Oct 2012
#74
Once Armstrong agreed to accept all sanctions I figured something like this would come out.
groundloop
Oct 2012
#10
I guess the hundreds of pages of evidence will explain how he beat the system..
snooper2
Oct 2012
#22
I don't think they were somehow able to persuade 23 people to commit perjury.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2012
#55